The Dalton School First Program Library was honored to host the award winning author Misty Copeland! Misty has received the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award New Writer Honor and for her book “Firebird” which has also received the Coretta Scott King Illustrator award.
But perhaps Misty Copeland is best known for being the first African-American prima ballerina in history. She has danced performed at Lincoln Center, she has performed on Broadway, she has performed for the president, her commercial for ‘Under Armor’ sportswear has nearly 10 million views, and the accolades go on and on.
Students were riveted by her reading as well as the lively question and answer session which followed afterwards, assisted by FP Librarian, Maria Alegre.
More pictures and video of the event can be found on the internal Dalton website here.
